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Priapus

noun
1.
(classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards.





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... doom. All pretense of sexual morality vanished. Men and women coupled openly upon the streets. The small illprinted newspapers carried advertisements promising the gratification of strange lusts. A new cult of Priapus sprang up and virgins were ceremoniously deflowered at his shrine. Those beyond the age of concupiscence attended celebrations of the Black Mass, although I was told by one communicant that participation lacked the necessary zest, since ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore


Words linked to "Priapus" :   classical mythology, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity


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